RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture, Cornwall. Operations Block
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
This is the third Ops. Block that I have found, RNAS Crail & RNAS Henstridge have them and RNAS Fern has one. (Thanks ARG). Finding more, Arbroath, Machrihanish, Coldrose.
RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
(Protected Communications Building P.C.B?).
Plan
RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The path down to the Ops. Block..
09 July 2008
RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The gate still in place at the time.
09 July 2008
RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
I wonder if they knew about the Bats??
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
A complete Ops. Block with, breastworks (as in fortification) running around its circumference, with two entrances. A chimney for the central heating boiler. I have found a second at RNAS Henstridge HMS Dipper and a third at RNAS Crail HMS Jackdaw.
09 July 2008
RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Entrance in, with the boiler room in the first door and the second door into the main corridor. There would have been a comms room, signals office, wireless room, battery room, PBX (internal camp telephone system), stores, boiler room and workshop.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Looking along the breastworks at the fire steps on the right. ( Just like a toy fort ) Look at the guttering, solid iron down pipe. This was s substantially built building, the design must have been pre war. The Navy seemed to have made far more substantial building than the RAF and Army.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The guttering taking water off the roof.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Steps down to the boiler room.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Boiler Room with the solid fuel (coke/coal) boiler. The coal storage area is to the right behind the low wall.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Boiler Room coal storage area.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Looking along the central corridor. Left are two toilets. The windows are the security guards post. They would probably be Royal Marine guards.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Men's toilets.
WREN's toilet? next door.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Men's Toilet.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Men's toilets.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Security guard post.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Inside the
security guard post with the light switch. On the far wall the coat and hat hooks would have been.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 1 first small office.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 2 with two windows.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 3 with a Bat.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 3 with Alarm hooter.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 4 showing the widow between the two rooms and a cubby hole to pass papers from one room to the other.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Looking back down the corridor towards the entrance
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 5: on the now other side of the building. This may have been a battery charging & electrical input??
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 5: On the top of the bench rather interesting piece of very heavy equipment that sat here.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block. Room 5: Underneath the bench is a central heating radiator.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 6 showing some under floor cabling work.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The electrical unit on the wall.
09 July 2008
RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Such a shame its been smashed.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Room 7, the biggest room with three windows.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Coming out of the building.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The outer defences.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The other entrance/exit.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The other entrance/exit.
09 July 2008
RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
The roof from the far end with the heating chimney coming out of the flat roof.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
Main entrance/exit.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
Operations Block.
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RNAS St Merryn, HMS Vulture
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